Ropes names new global managing partner in latest leadership shakeup
Ropes & Gray is continuing to refresh its leadership team, naming real estate transactions head David Djaha as the firm’s next managing partner.
Eight firms win EDF panel spots as roster drops 50%
Energy company EDF Energy has completed its panel review, cutting its roster down by nearly 50 per cent to eight firms. Freshly-merged firms Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang are new additions to the panel, The Lawyer can reveal. When the wheels of the review were still in rotation, BCLP […]
Accounts Committee queries Linklaters' £13m rail bonanza
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Government for the way it paid Linklaters & Paines more than £13m for advice on the sale of the first three rail franchises. The report criticises the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Opraf, for not using a competitive tender to choose Linklaters and for not […]
Transatlantic law firm mergers a decade on: happy ever after?
A cohort of UK firms have entered into US mergers over the years, but did they lose their souls as well as their names?
Three women get the nod in 10-strong Fieldfisher promotions round
Ropes names new global managing partner in latest leadership shakeup
Ropes & Gray is continuing to refresh its leadership team, naming real estate transactions head David Djaha as the firm’s next managing partner.
Eight firms win EDF panel spots as roster drops 50%
Energy company EDF Energy has completed its panel review, cutting its roster down by nearly 50 per cent to eight firms. Freshly-merged firms Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang are new additions to the panel, The Lawyer can reveal. When the wheels of the review were still in rotation, BCLP […]
Accounts Committee queries Linklaters' £13m rail bonanza
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Government for the way it paid Linklaters & Paines more than £13m for advice on the sale of the first three rail franchises. The report criticises the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Opraf, for not using a competitive tender to choose Linklaters and for not […]
Transatlantic law firm mergers a decade on: happy ever after?
A cohort of UK firms have entered into US mergers over the years, but did they lose their souls as well as their names?
Reed Smith bags Nabarro trio for City funds launch
Reed Smith has launched a London investment funds practice with the hire of former Nabarro partner and barrister Dale Gabbert. Gabbert, who joins as a partner, will bring with him associates Winston Penhall and Matthew Pitman. He will advise funds including private equity, property and hedge funds on investment management, corporate and regulatory issues. Reed […]
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Brick Court and Quadrant silks to star in first live-streamed Civil Appeal hearing
The first ever Court of Appeal (Civil Division) hearing to be live-streamed in full is to begin today, as part of a pilot intended to to increase public access to the court. The first case to be streamed will be WH Holding Ltd and Anr v E20 Stadium LLP, the dispute between West Ham United FC […]
Slaughters takes lead in Premier Foods’ custard sale
Slaughter and May is representing Premier Foods as it seeks to sell off its Ambrosia brand in order to to appease disgruntled shareholders. Corporate and finance partner Robert Byk and co-head of Slaughters’ infrastructure group Michael Corbett are advising institutional client Premier Foods in its talks with third parties over the possible sale of Ambrosia. The […]
Paul Hastings win role for Elevate in latest legal tech acquisition
Provider Elevate has acquired AI firm LexPredict, in a move that hints at rising consolidation in the market of alternative legal services providers. Elevate was advised during negotiations by a Paul Hastings team led by Los Angeles M&A partner David Hernand that included associates Christopher Edwab, Tashiana Hudson and Laura Yip. The target LexPredict was represented by […]
Simpson Thacher remains selective in London with one City promotion
US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made up one lawyer to partner in London for the second year in a row. Real estate lawyer Samuel Charlton has made the cut, while another 9 lawyers have been promoted across the firm’s US offices in New York, Houston and Palo Alto. There is one promotion in […]
BCLP follows wave of firms branching out into legal operations
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has launched a new legal operations consultancy arm to support in-house teams, in a general trend that sees law firms increasingly expanding into broader client services. The new division called Cantilever incorporates the consulting units from both legacy firms; Bryan Cave’s BCXponent and BLP’s Streamline. The team, led by Denver-based chief innovation […]
Mishcon white collar star switches back to the Bar
Mishcon de Reya’s head of white collar crime and investigations Alison Levitt QC is moving out of private practice for a new role in the Bar. Levitt will resume her full-time practice as a Silk, having founded Mishcon’s white collar group in 2014 when she joined from the Office of Public Prosecutions. She will join the […]